I never was a very good singer. Jackson Browne More Quotes by Jackson Browne More Quotes From Jackson Browne I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it. Jackson Browne taughtpianoplay I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up. Jackson Browne morningbooklying Eleven on a scale of ten, honey, let me introduce you to my redneck friend. Jackson Browne redneckintroducinghoney That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things. Jackson Browne break-upimportantdoe I’m going to be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender. Jackson Browne idiotstruggle I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roots movement calling for nuclear disarmament - it was about 1982 - they called it Peace Sunday. Jackson Browne nuclear-disarmamentsundayplay I'm a big fan of British journalists like 'The Independent”s Robert Fisk, but it's hard to find voices like his in the U.S. Jackson Browne independentvoicefans How long can you hear someone crying - how long can you hear someone dying - before you ask yourself why? Jackson Browne crydyinglong I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on Jackson Browne knowsrunning It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginning, so I made more money than somebody would have doing what I did ten or fifteen years before. Jackson Browne more-moneyfifteenyears I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says how I feel, what I believe - and it even explains the world to myself better than I knew it. Jackson Browne writingsongbelieve Make it on your own if you think you can.If you see somewhere to go, I understand. Jackson Browne ifsthinking Now if I seem to be afraidTo live the life that I have made in songWell it's just that I've been losing so long. Jackson Browne live-lifelosinglong I'm Glad that the Bush years are behind us Jackson Browne behindsgladyears I'm losing touch with reality and I'm almost out of blow. It's such a fine line, I hate to see it go. Cocaine, runnin' all 'round my brain. Jackson Browne hateblowreality Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I don't know how to play is unbelievably relaxing, because I don't have any pressure on me. Jackson Browne pressureplayrelaxation We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they don't have to, if they can control how many people hear it. And that's how they do it. Jackson Browne i-ammesocietypeople
